I have a confession to make......

Duke4Life · Jan 8, 2016

I stopped eating fish when I was in this hobby before, went 13+ years before touching a piece of fried fish. Groupers, who woulda thought.

reesed5 · Jan 8, 2016

Well, at least you don't eat your aquarium fish

redfishbluefish · Jan 8, 2016

I've got you beat! In my 61 years I have never eaten sushi. That is fish bait as far as I'm concerned. However, I do eat "mild" fish....that's cooked....such as fluke/flounder, salmon and tuna. I'll never touched blue fish....great fish to catch, but too oily and fishy.

So are you saying grouper is the fish that broke your record? We use to spear that down in southern Florida in the early 70's.

ngvu1 · Jan 8, 2016

What is the confession?

LOL. Here is my confession.

We have a rule that I would ask for permission if I need to spend more than $50 for the hobby. When I got introduced to the hi- end frags and the hi-end equipment like the Apex, Tunze, Ecotech, there is no easy way to report this kind of spending, so I stop reporting..... And this has been going on for a while now.

jetmaker · Jan 8, 2016

OK captain ds only and no sushi yuk

redfishbluefish · Jan 8, 2016

ngvu1 said:
We have a rule that I would ask for permission if I need to spend more than $50 for the hobby..........

That's an easy fix. Come on over and I'll show you $49 Vortech MP40's I have. They were such a deal, I couldn't turn them down.....and she'd buy it. I guess I'm going to you-know-where when I die.

martini5788 · Jan 8, 2016

I also don't eat fish. Never have actually. I have eaten canned tuna a few times but that's it. I don't even eat shrimp or crabs. My parents took me to zoos and aquariums all the time when I was little and I refused to eat it from then on.

Pete polyp · Jan 8, 2016

All sushi doesn't contain fish or raw ingredients. I'll hook you up with some deep fried honey chicken sushi you'd like.

Triggreef · Jan 8, 2016

ngvu1 said:
What is the confession? LOL. Here is my confession.

We have a rule that I would ask for permission if I need to spend more than $50 for the hobby. When I got introduced to the hi- end frags and the hi-end equipment like the Apex, Tunze, Ecotech, there is no easy way to report this kind of spending, so I stop reporting..... And this has been going on for a while now.

Love it. Just remember it's always easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

We have a similar rule. I don't ask about what she spends and she don't ask about what I spend. Works perfectly. I also happen to take care of our finances so no flags arise.

ngvu1 · Jan 8, 2016

There is an agreement between us that I don't lie. If she asks me how much I spend on a frag, that is passing the limit, I just look at her and say NOTHING.

Sometimes she does not let it go then I use the phrase "I'd rather not talk about it" with a smile. I have been putting new frags behind the big rocks so they are not easily seen

redfishbluefish said:
That's an easy fix. Come on over and I'll show you $49 Vortech MP40's I have. They were such a deal, I couldn't turn them down.....and she'd buy it. I guess I'm going to you-know-where when I die.

ngvu1 · Jan 8, 2016

LOL, you remind me of someone. He said this when confronted by his love "Well, those shoes are not $40 either!"

hope you get that!

Triggreef said:
Love it. Just remember it's always easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

We have a similar rule. I don't ask about what she spends and she don't ask about what I spend. Works perfectly. I also happen to take care of our finances so no flags arise.

human · Jan 8, 2016

reesed5 said:
Well, at least you don't eat your aquarium fish

I've eaten a few of the fish I've had as pets, I had 3 large red-bellied piranhas that I couldn't find a new home for. I had read in one of Dr. Axelrod's fish books that they taste good and natives eat them, so I fried them up. The meat was so flaky and tender, it was delicious and I'm not really a big fan of eating fish, but it didn't have that fishy taste.

Triggreef · Jan 8, 2016

human said:
I've eaten a few of the fish I've had as pets, I had 3 large red-bellied piranhas that I couldn't find a new home for. I had read in one of Dr. Axelrod's fish books that they taste good and natives eat them, so I fried them up. The meat was so flaky and tender, it was delicious and I'm not really a big fan of eating fish, but it didn't have that fishy taste.

Nothing like a pan fried mata tang!!

Duke4Life · Jan 9, 2016

redfishbluefish said:
I've got you beat! In my 61 years I have never eaten sushi. That is fish bait as far as I'm concerned. However, I do eat "mild" fish....that's cooked....such as fluke/flounder, salmon and tuna. I'll never touched blue fish....great fish to catch, but too oily and fishy.

So are you saying grouper is the fish that broke your record? We use to spear that down in southern Florida in the early 70's.

No I started with a Panther grouper as my 1st fish and after a few weeks it would flare its fins and take food from my fingers, even liked to be petted. That's what did the eating fish thing in. I'm with ya on the whole never touch sushi thing, more for those that like it lol.